2024-10-17 Newsletter

Yu-Ai Kai & Wesley UMC2024 MOCHITSUKISaturday, Dec. 28 Save the date for MOCHITSUKI, our annual Japanese New Year’s tradition of steaming and pounding rice to make delicious mochi.Pre-Orders Begin: Dec. 1 Stay tuned for details......

For the four weeks of Advent, we are planning a special set of Advent Groups. More information to come.......

Have you noticed some new faces in the choir? Maybe the return of some familiar ones too? You could be one of them! Simply come to our Wednesday night rehearsals from 7:15 to 8:45. Then come early on Sundays to warm up at 9:00 am to sing at the 10:00 service. Singers with all levels of experience are welcome. Come give it a try. You just might love it!......

If you are one of the long timers at Wesley and also one of those who just can’t get rid of anything that has old pictures, you will find the name “Shuji and Masako Wada” in the 1980 Wesley UMC directory. Back then, Rev Peter Chen and Rev Frank Ohtomo were our pastors. Masako was a very active member of Wesley Nichigo, and she founded Saffron-Kai to support wives of new arrivals from Japan.After M...

Many thanks to all those who made the wonderful entertainment at Aki Matsuri possible. First our set up crew who spent Friday morning setting up the canopies and chairs to be ready for Saturday. Then Saturday we had a group that set up the sound system with Dave Brown serving as lead technician. Then came the solid four hours of excellent entertainment from our community. First to take the stage w...

By Terri Koike (Aki Garden lead) “Cultivate Lasting Friendships, Sow Seeds of Kindness,Listen to Sage Advice,Don’t Let the Little Things Bug You,Be Outstanding in Your Field, Take Thyme for YourselfNo Vining!”(Taken From Your True Nature: “Advice From a Garden”) For anyone who attended this year’s Aki Matsuri on October 5th , how could you have not seen the Aki Gardens booth?We totally rocked!  We...

Co-chairs Pam Urauchi, Rob Hikido, Kiyomi YanaiWesley United Methodist’s Aki Matsuri Fall Festival was held October 5, 2024 for the first time in five years. From its inception as far back as the 1930s, Wesley’s Aki Matsuri has always been a festival of fellowship and community engagement.  This year’s festival was no different as a team of generous and dedicated organizers from all parts of our c...

Join a Wesley Neighbor Group and find out! Meeting in homes around the Santa Clara Valley, our Neighbor Groups gather monthly to get to know one another, share in a devotional and a fun activity, then have some snacks. It's a great way to grow in your faith and get closer to people who live near you. For more information, contact Mark Teagle, (markteagle@wesleysj.net).......

Teamwork. Love Thy Neighbor.  Fun for all, especially youth. What's the connection?  Answer: The Rise Against Hunger dried food packaging event on Saturday, November 9 . Our goal is to pack 10,100 meals for people who face starvation and suffering every day anywhere in the world.R.A.H. is a non-denominational international relief agency which relies on the unselfish goodwill of grass roots local g...

Thursday, Oct. 31, is Halloween and so is our annual Tunk 'N' Treats outreach event. Soon our 5th Street Parking lot will be full of ghosts, goblins, and gouls roaming through our parking lot.This is the SHOUT OUT to any and all ministry groups, committees, and teams and individuals interested in dressing-up a car trunk for our Trunk ‘N’ Treat outreach ministry event which will be held on Tuesday,...

by Rev. John Oda "Jesus said (to the Samaritan woman), “Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again and again. Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst - not ever. The water I give will be a spring within, gushing fountains of endless life.” John 4: 13-14 (The Message) When I was in High School, a friend and I decided to go on a big Spring Break adventure. We wanted to camp f...

Wesley’s 2025 Stewardship and Capital Campaign: Abundant Grace, Abundant Giving kicks off on November 3. Before kicking off 2025, Wesley would like to express its gratitude for those who participated in the 2024 campaign. Your support enabled us to expand our outreach programs through new technologies and staff positions, enhance our worship experiences, and move forward with our garden project, w...